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HARNESS LOOP.

No. 391,192. Patented Oct. 16, 1888.

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ATTORNEY.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

onARLES w. ROGERS, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

HARNESS-LOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,192, dated October 16,1888.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CHARLES W. ROGERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Loops,ofwhich the followingis aspecification.

This invention relates to a safety back-band loop for attachment to harness-saddles.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of a harness-saddle, showing my improved loop. Fig. 2 is an inner side view of the saddle,showing the position of the stiffener-plate. Fig. 3 is an edge and part sectional view of a saddle, showing the loop. Fig. 4 is a View of the back-band with a slot for the loop-shank. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are different views of the improved loop.

The metal loop is T-shaped, comprising a plate, a, which comes in contact with the outer surface of the back-band, a shank, I), attached to the center of the said plate and which passes through the back-band, and a cross bar, 0, on the end ofthe shank,which takes position crosswise of the slot in the saddle-stiffener plate.

The back-band E has atits upper end a hole, f, through which the screwbolt g of the terret passes, and it has a slot, 1), to allow the shank b and cross-bar c of the metal loop to pass. The usual metal stiffener-plate,PI,on the inner side of the flap I has the usual nut, f, for the terretbolt g and a slot, 1)".

The back-band E has generally been attached by the terret-bolt g, which passes through the holefin it and then enters the nutf. This band is to carry the tug for supporting the shafts of the vehicle. By this ordinary mode of attachment the leather at the hole f sometimes tears out, and consequently the backband pulls loose and then has no support. My improvement prevents this, for the shank I) of the metal loop passes through the slot 1) of the backhand, and the latter will be held to its position even should the band tear where the upper hole, f, is. \Vhen theloop is in its position, asin Figs. l, 2, and 3, its shank b will occupy the slot 1) ofthe back-band, the slot b of the flap I, and the slot 1) of the stiffenerplate H, and the crossbar c of the loop shank will have position across the latter slot, as shown plainly in Fig. 2. The position and action of the loop a b 0 will be plainly understood from what has been stated.

Theloop-plate a, as here shown, has two parallel flanges, e. Thesetake along the edges of the back-band. They may be used or omitted; but I prefer to use them, as they prevent the loop from turning.

My loop must be applied to a harness saddle before the back-band is attached thereto. The loop must be put in position on the back-band, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and then the upper end of the backhand is to be placed under the jockey J and fastened, as already stated, by the terret-bolt g.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. The back-band loop comprising the plate a, having two flanges, e, a shank, I), attached to the center of the plate, and a cross-bar, c, on the end of the shank.

2. The combination of the harness-saddle flap provided with a slot, b the back-band E, provided with a slot, 1), which is below the at tachmeut connecting the upper end of the band with the saddle, and a loop having a plate, a, in contact with the outer surface of the backband, a shank, b, which passes through the said slots in both the back-band and tlap,and a crossbar, a, on the end of the shank.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signaturein the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. ROGERS.

Witnesses:

JNo. T. l\/IADDOX, JOHN E. MORRIS. 

